Did you know the nose can distinquish 600 different smells and the tastebuds only 200? I learned this in wine tasting class. It's why you always sniff wine (3 times svp) before tasting. Perfumers, would of course, have ahighly developedsense of taste.

"Taste is made ​​up of odors, that is to say, the sense of taste is made up of a lot of smell - retro-olfaction, so we go back to the nose".

Yet when asked what his favorite smell is?

"It's the smell of kerosene. Because when I arrive at an airport I feel this atmosphere of kerosene - a sign of travel, departure, discovery and adventure," reveals Jean-Michel Duriez.

October's flavor of the month is rose, fleur d’oranger et gingembre. You know I'll be running from CDG to pick this one up. In November violette + anis awaits. Miam.

Truth or dare? Would you eat this months old, stale macaron if found in your collections? Don't ask me. It's gone gone gone.

On a more mundane note, thank you for all the suitcase suggestions yesterday! After reading many reviews I found this bag made only for crew members online - the Travelpro FlightCrew4 22" Rollaboard. It's sturdier and cheaper ($139) than bags made for us lowly travelers evidently. I'll have it by Monday and fill you in. The seller is located at an airport so it's got to be good.

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The answer to your macaron question is a definate yes from me, I couldn't throw it in the bin. Glad you managed to find a crew members flight carry on. I'm always getting stopped at CDG airport telling me my carry on case is not the correct size, even though I can go through easily at other airports on the same trip. I'll check it out.

Love Paris Breakfast! Love my Air France luggage and highly recommend it (available at Bon Marche as well as a shop in the Louvre Carousel)! Please tell me where this apartment with the divine staircase is…and oui, climbing stairs is excellent excercise, especially when a lovely apartment awaits.Merci beaucoup for all the inspiration and information.

OH MY.. that photo of the Rose with the pink Macarons is wonderful. What a lovely painting that would make. You need to find a rose and some pink macarons and paint them. :)Oh and yes I would eat it too. :)

Rub it in! What should one call the state of being in which one has SO MANY MACS that one could simply toss one in its sack into the closet like so much...flotsam? I am quite sure I have never let so much as ONE CRUMB of mac escape my attention, let alone a WHOLE mac!!!! On the plus side, I signed up for PH's emails because the images are to die for!

Beautiful watercolor up there, Carol! Love it. The suitcase looks good, too--do let us know. Mine get so battered around in airports--even good ones don't last forever. I do way too much traveling on planes. sigh...

I purchased the exact same design TravelPro case in 1972 and still use it. I am a professional photographer, so it has seen a lot of use. Never broke. Only thing new is the extra pocket for a computer and the full mesh pocket on the inside. Don't mess with a perfect design! You will love the bag.Stef, in Chicago, home of ORD

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I moved to Paris 2 years ago. I should have done it sooner but that's how the macaron crumbles. Living on the Ile Saint Louis next to the Seine after the 19eme is 'la cerise sur la gâteau'. It doesn't get any better. I've painted watercolors for Bocuse, Champagne Mumm, Guerlain, Frederick Cassel, The Russian Tearoom and the Maharana of Udaipur.
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